Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-22
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IN 1850 seventeen OlOucesnlnR Nceoc'o
were lost. worth SIG 500, al fishermen
never came home. The yearemarkable
for the small in-shore catciost all the
nshlDg being done on the hig.
| A WASHINGTON ooRREsPCr says that
many young women in 5, there are
learning to swear; and tells caller who
| sent In his card, and heard adjoining
room young woman say: ! the man!
| Show him in"
! PHILADELPHIA IS to have sed Catholic
church. There are 200 coloatholIcs in
the city. and but very few of find it adj
| vantageous 10 worship wileir white
| brethren. Archbishop Ryastrongly in
favor OF the new movement, aid.
WHEN young man in the ian Islands
| goes to see his girl in the evenhe parents
| of the girl thoughtfuly retireother COM
| partment of the ice house. lea a burning
| candle with the lovers. Do tEt the can
| die burn? Not much; they plLly blow IL
| out and eat it between then.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD cMd in alport, Pa,
has, apparently, no bones bids its legs
behind its head as readii ather persons
| fold their arms in the sample: 1t uses its
| feet to scratch its head qeIs often as it
uses its hands, and comforts 10Y in a most
| remarkable way. Otherwft,s like other
| children.
THE nose of dog is so th.t it can fol-
| low its masters trail almaaywhere, yet |
experiments show that shed tissue paper |
placed on the ground to be lked over and
afterward removed, efectu prevent any 1
trace of the scent from lyifthough strong
perfumes sprinkled along track VIII not
battle the dog.
JOHN CLARKE, of Danbunpproaching
railroad trestle. under whithe road ran,
b0v h innr ha ~ Az q drove
under the track he heard a sh behind him,
and looking around saw they's arms and
legs sticking up through theS of his buggy
The boy wasn't hurt as mues the buggy.
He said he must have slipper the trest!e'
A l5-YEAR- OLD LAD left home in Deca-
tur, Ind, at midnight laSeek, and was
eighteen miles from home O'Clock in the
morning. when he was roultrylng to open
the door of his brothers bj. He says ne
| remembers hearing the clio strike y that
night, but was as eep from { until he was
found at his brothers eight miles distant
The county of Brewster already been
created by the twentieth Leeature of Texas.
And now the lower housAas passed the
| bills creating len other newunties. Some
| idea of the vastness of Texaiay be CLEANED
| from the fact that the terry embraced in
these new counties. which re created out
| OF only three counties alreF existing, is as
A LONDON NEWSPAPER ENDER named
| Smith had an experience a remarkable
kind. He got drunk a srt time since.
After while he had lost hinoney and tried
to drown himself in the La at st. james
park. He was pulled out al an emetc was
administered. Smith proptly vomlted up
all the money-four shillgs, q slXpenny
| piece and ha fpenny-Whh he had mystic
riously swallowed while dnk.
MRS. LOUISE c. STIGER.f San Francisco
is suing her daughter, Mrsdabel Treadwell,
for her support. Mrs. Stir alleges that sht
| Is poor. old and INDECENT, id unable by worl
of any kind to support h'self, and that hel
daughter is in affluent circumstances and the
owner in her own right property wortl
| not less than s450.000, ands in receipt of
monthly income of not lesshan $1,000. Mre
| Stger desires the court to ompel her daugh
ter to pay her maintenag of 500 month
THE treaties on social dquette will hav
to be amended in order t'inciude the YER,
latest way of declining annvitation to a re
| ception. Thus. Mr.. Henri Willard and MIR
| Joseph Willard are two blther millionaire
| in w Washington who 10 not 0ltiyate the virtu
! of brOtherly love. Mr.. Harry Willard CAV
| an entertainment, and .serR card to Joseph
| reading! "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willard. A
home Jan. Is from to II Q NJ" Whereupo
| Joseph sent card to Hery, reading: mi
|
to II p. M" That wasshort, sweet an
| graphic.
Col. "PAT" DOMAIN doe't like the play
Hamlet" Here the eoquent adiecti,
| singer: 81 have no patlene. much less syn
pathy. with wretched reakllng who go,
around iabbering at dilaidated old ghos
| in tin helmets and green gauze wells, und'
| bogus moonlight; everlasingly threatenin
| to do something and nevg doing it; drIviI
| his sweetheart 10 lTIacy and catiii
| death by his dime m uieum freaks; maxim
| stump speeches to skulls and grave digger
| going into all sorts oihe- mysteries, and 8
! last running a section VI barbed wire fenc
| in the most approved chicago pig-stickin
style, through his deas girls brother, al
| dying himself to Owhddle music amid
| general carnage of lunaics and wreck Of a.
| surdities."
A CORRESPONDENT q Harper's Week
tells the following: TIE choir Of a certa
orthodox church in New England on
sang Mendelssohn's 81 Waited for the Lord
| giving it with four voicei only, as they hs
| no chorus. The start vRs good one, al
everything was going on with a swing al
| boom, when suddenly the bass failed
| come in on solo passage when he was pos
lively due. The orgahist played for fl
bar and then turned and hissed: whats Il
| matter with yOu?" Then, just as everyboC
was wondering why the bass was behir
| time, the singer snddeIly found his voice al
| burst out in really stentorian tones,
| waited for the Lord" The people smile
| and after the piece was finished. the organi
sought the singer and said, "Mr A, 70
| excuse was quite satisfactory"
A RECENT conflagratlOn in a remote CT
nese village destroyed the ancestral home
| the family of Confucius with all It's conteu
texts on stone, commentaries, wOndro
| carvings in jade and alabaster, priceless ia
| of porcelain, jewels and precious metal wo
| in brief one of the most remark able litera
| and artistic museums in the world, coBtai
| ing as it did nearly every eXtant memorial
| the great teacher. In that building, erect
| about 600 Is. c.. generation after generation
| the male heirs of the Chinese philosoph
| have dwelt in nnbroken line for $500 veal
| bearing the title of dukes. With every 9th
| family in China nObleman's rank must q
ways be lower than that Of his ancestors, +
| no true COnfucian would presume to stal
| higher than his grandfather, father or
elder brother. In the illustrious House
Confucius." however the lofty title of du
passes unchanged, except when Emperor a
ter Emperor adds by Royal decree some ne
phrase OF honor TO the name and line OF /
famous philosopher.
THE Viscouatess Harberton. President
the Rational Dress Society,"" addressed
gathering of ladies at Westminster recent
on the subject Of style or dress based on co
sideration OF health, comfort and beaui
The two cardinal dress reforms insisted on
this society are suspension of the dress fro
the shou ders instead Of from the hips, and 7